diff --git a/3001-avoid-dead-loop-in-db3_dbiOpen-when-db_create-failed.patch b/3001-avoid-dead-loop-in-db3_dbiOpen-when-db_create-failed.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a17a373f74491cf9cb967a6ad77398d4415f12e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3001-avoid-dead-loop-in-db3_dbiOpen-when-db_create-failed.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From b361ad80a41a07c62fc8f21cda534b35c971ace7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Chunmei Xu <xuchunmei@linux.alibaba.com>
+Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2023 11:11:11 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] avoid dead loop in db3_dbiOpen when db_create failed
+
+Signed-off-by: Chunmei Xu <xuchunmei@linux.alibaba.com>
+---
+ lib/backend/db3.c | 2 ++
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/lib/backend/db3.c b/lib/backend/db3.c
+index da50dfd..24fbe00 100644
+--- a/lib/backend/db3.c
++++ b/lib/backend/db3.c
+@@ -899,6 +899,8 @@ static int db3_dbiOpen(rpmdb rdb, rpmDbiTagVal rpmtag, dbiIndex * dbip, int flag
+ 		db->close(db, 0);
+ 		db = NULL;
+ 	    }
++	} else {
++	    retry_open--;
+ 	}
+     }
+ 
+-- 
+2.39.3
+
diff --git a/rpm.spec b/rpm.spec
index f476cd3beca0d8d5f5cdd815ac897110ac458e6c..2196c24365a71c88f17598b908a5b89276c882ac 100644
--- a/rpm.spec
+++ b/rpm.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-%define anolis_release .0.3
+%define anolis_release .0.4
+
 %define _legacy_common_support 1
 # build against xz?
 %bcond_without xz
@@ -23,7 +24,8 @@
 # build with readonly sqlite support?
 %bcond_without sqlite
 # build with bdb_ro support?
-%bcond_without bdb_ro
+# if enabled, rpmdb is switched to sqlite
+%bcond_with bdb_ro
 
 %if 0%{?rhel} > 7 || 0%{?anolis}
 # Disable python2 build by default
@@ -155,12 +157,14 @@ Patch1001: compile-with-Platform-Python-binary-where-relevant.patch
 # make unversioned %%__python an error unless explicitly overridden
 Patch1002: rpm-4.14.2-unversioned-python.patch
 
-%ifarch loongarch64
 Patch2000: 1000-rpm-anolis-support-loongarch.patch
 Patch2001: 0001-debugedit-add-loongarch-support.patch
-%endif
 
-Patch2002: 0001-support-sqlite-backend-rpmdb.patch
+# bugfix for anolis
+Patch3001: 3001-avoid-dead-loop-in-db3_dbiOpen-when-db_create-failed.patch
+
+# defined as source file to seperate with other patches
+Source1000: 0001-support-sqlite-backend-rpmdb.patch
 
 # Partially GPL/LGPL dual-licensed and some bits with BSD
 # SourceLicense: (GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ with exceptions) and BSD 
@@ -443,6 +447,10 @@ Obsoletes: fapolicyd-dnf-plugin
 %prep
 %autosetup -n %{name}-%{srcver} %{?with_int_bdb:-a 1} -p1
 
+%if %{with bdb_ro}
+patch -p1 < %{SOURCE1000}
+%endif
+
 %if %{with int_bdb}
 ln -s db-%{bdbver} db
 %endif
@@ -566,6 +574,7 @@ chmod a-x $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{rpmhome}/python-macro-helper
 make check || cat tests/rpmtests.log
 %endif
 
+%if %{with bdb_ro}
 %pre
 # Only update
 if [ $1 == 2 ]
@@ -577,6 +586,7 @@ fi
 %posttrans
 [ -e /var/lib/rpm/.rpm.lock ] && rm -f /var/lib/rpm/.rpm.lock
 rpm -q rpm 2>&1 | grep bdb && rpmdb --rebuilddb
+%endif
 
 %post libs -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %postun libs -p /sbin/ldconfig
@@ -723,6 +733,10 @@ rpm -q rpm 2>&1 | grep bdb && rpmdb --rebuilddb
 %doc doc/librpm/html/*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Sep 07 2023 Chunmei Xu <xuchunmei@linux.alibaba.com> - 4.14.4-26.0.4
+- avoid dead loop in db3_dbiOpen when db_create failed
+- do not switch rpmdb to sqlite
+
 * Tue Jul 25 2023 Liwei Ge <geliwei@openanolis.org> - 4.14.4-26.0.3
 - conditional set relbuf for loongarch debugedit